Pin-fastening for medals



UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

GEORGE O. MONROE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE ARMY AND NAVY`BUTTON COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

PIN-FASTENING FOR. MEDALS, BPLEASTPINS, &C.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45, lllIM, dated November 15, 1864.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that l, GEORGE 0. MONROE, of the city and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use a certain new and useful lmprovement in Pins for Attaching Medals, Breastpins, Ste.; and l do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description ofthe said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making' part of this specification, wherein- Figure l is asection ofa medal with my pin attached thereto, and Fig. 2 is an elevation ofthe bach of said medal with my pin thereon.

Similar marks of reference denote the same parts.

Heretofore it has been usual to attach the pins of medals, breastpins, &c., permanently by soldering, or else by a hingejoint provided with a stop, against which the pin came in contact before reaching the cla-sp, in order that it might be sprung beneath a catch or hook and remain therein. This iirst-named inode of attachment is very inconvenient, as the pin is so near the medal and is liable to be broken ot't' by the act ot' sticking the pin into the garment. 'The hinge-joint is costly and only allows of motion in one direction.

The nature ot' my said invention consists in the introduction of a headed pin through a hole, forming a socket for said head, and the pin itselt' being` bent near the head so as to run nearly parallel to the plate through which said hole passes. By this means the head ofthe pin forms a ball-joint, that allows the pin to be turned in any direction, and when the pin is pressed down to hook it under the catch said pin binds in the hole sut'ticient] y to cause the pin to be sprung in the act of hooking it under said catch.

l also form the catch of a tongue cut from the plate ot' metal formin gthe back of the medal or breastpin and bent up into the proper shape.

In the drawings, a represents a medal or breastpin of any desired character, and which itself forms nopart of my invention. b is the back plate ot' said medal or a plate attached to a breastpin or similar article, in which is a hole forming the socket for the head c of the pin (l. This pin, it will be evident, can be turned in any direction within the limit determined by the size of opening` through which the pin l passes, and binds in its hole, so as to be sprung under the catch c. This catch e is made as a tongue cnt out ot' the plate b by a suitable die, that allows one end to still remain connected with the plate. This tongue is bent up in the proper shape to forni the catch for the pin d.

This mode of construction renders the pin very cheap, strong, and durable, and allows for the introduction of a common-headed pin in cheap articles. It is to be understood that the pin is to be entered point lirst through the hole in the plate previous to the plate being` secured in place.

/Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. Forming the pins ot' breastpins, medals, Sco., of a headed pin passed through a hole or socket in the manner and for the purposes speciiied.

2. Forming` the clasp or catch of a tongue pressed up from the plate b in the manner set torth.

Inwitness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 24th day of September, 1864.

G. O. MONROE.

YVitnesses JOHN F. GRAY, LEMUEL W. SERRELL. 

